DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FEEDING A FOOD PROCESSING MACHINE, PARTICULARLY A FILLING MACHINE OR A CUTTER WITH FOODSTUFFS

• Main Author: Maile, Bernd
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.01.2017
• Subjects: BUTCHERING; CONVEYING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MEAT TREATMENT; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung und ein Verfahren zum Beschicken einer Lebensmittel verarbeitenden Maschine, insbesondere einer Füllmaschine oder einem Kutter mit Lebensmitteln, umfassend: einen Behälter zur Aufnahme des Lebensmittels, eine Hebeeinrichtung, über die der Behälter nach oben verfahrbar ist und einen Antrieb für die Hebeeinrichtung. Gemäß der Erfindung weist die Vorrichtung eine Messeinrichtung zum Erfassen der Lebensmittelmenge im Behälter auf. The device has a container (3) for receiving food. The container is driven upward by a hydraulic lifting unit (2) i.e. mobile sausage meat trolley. A drive i.e. hydraulic pump, is provided with the lifting unit. A measuring unit detects the amount of food in the container. A control system (10) adjusts the power of the drive depending on the detected amount of food. The control system determines a point in time for emptying the container depending on a filling level in the region and the amount of food. The control system varies the speed of the lifting unit. The measuring unit comprises one of a weight sensor, a pressure sensor, a current meter for the electric drive, a level sensor (13) for the container and a positioning sensor for the container. An independent claim is also included for a method for loading a food processing machine with food.